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Festival returning to Indian Park

According to a news release, Montoursville’s Indian Park will soon be buzzing with Montoursville Kiwanis Club members and Volunteers of Indian Park preparing for their upcoming Fall Festival. The annual event, which will be held on Sept. 20 and 21, requires a year of planning and dozens ...

Montoursville auxiliary installs 2025 officers

American Legion Auxiliary 2025 Officers of Eugene Grafius American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 104 of Montoursville were recently installed by Carol Wert Walker, ALA Department of Pennsylvania’s District President for Centre, Lycoming and Clinton counties. “These ladies are part of the ...

Cane in hand, fear behind: A story from the Grand Slam Parade

Walking in the Grand Slam Parade was not entirely new to me—I had participated before, guided by a co-worker to help navigate the bustling streets. But this year, I decided to take a different approach. When my company, North Central Sight Services, Inc., teamed up with Journey Bank to ...

Library touts online resources

As the first month of school is underway, is your child prepared for the academic year? Libraries across Pennsylvania grow students’ school readiness, social, cognitive and emotional skills. Developing a passion for reading is crucial, according to Jim Trelease, author of the best-seller, ...

Museum to host railroad historian

The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will be hosting local author Tom Rich, who has recently produced Railroads and Railroaders: East and West, The History of Lines That Operated in Central Pennsylvania, at 2 p.m., Sept. 15. According to a news release, the lecture, held in the Community Room of the museum is free and open to the public. The program is sponsored by Van Campen Motors. Rich is a professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at Bucknell University. The book is the first of three volumes to be published by the Union County Historical ...

Facelift for Eagle Grange

Montgomery High School FFA members Landyn Rine, Montana Twigg, Nate Winters, Grayden Staggart and older brother Owen Staggart — a Montgomery FFA alumni — spearheaded a service project to remove old shrubs at Eagle Grange Hall, located as 32 East Blind Road in Montgomery, to make way for a ...